[Introduced February 17, 2009; referred to the Committee on
Constitutional Revision then the Judiciary.]

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West
Virginia, article VI thereof, by adding thereto a new section,
designated section fifty-seven, relating to clarifying that
nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to
abortion or requires the funding of an abortion; numbering and
designating such proposed amendment; and providing a
summarized statement of the purpose of such proposed
amendment.

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia, two thirds of
the members elected to each house agreeing thereto:That the question of ratification or rejection of an amendment
to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia be submitted to
the voters of the State at the next general election to be held in
the year two-thousand ten, which proposed amendment is that article
VI thereof be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section fifty-seven, to read as follows:ARTICLE VI. THE LEGISLATURE.§57. Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to
abortion or requires the funding of an abortion.Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to
abortion or requires the funding of an abortion.Resolved further, That in accordance with the provisions of
article eleven, chapter three of the Code of West Virginia, 1931,
as amended, such proposed amendment is hereby numbered "Amendment
No. 1" and designated as the "Amendment clarifying that nothing in
this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or
requires the funding of an abortion" and the purpose of the
proposed amendment is summarized as follows: "Nothing in this
Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires
the funding of an abortion."

NOTE: The purpose of this resolution is to amend the State
Constitution to clarify that nothing in the Constitution secures or
protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of an
abortion.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present Constitution, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.